Sucuri SiteCheck – Web Malware Distribution – January 2012
Tony Perez As many know, we have been offering our free website malware scanner – Sucuri SiteCheck, since early in 2011. In our commitment to continue to…
Malware Redirecting To Enormousw1illa.com
David Dede We are seeing a large number of sites compromised with a conditional redirection to the domain http://enormousw1illa.com/ (194.28.114.102). On all the sites we analyzed, the…
DreamHost Security Issue Prompts FTP Password Resets
Dre Armeda Yesterday on the DreamHost Status Blog, it was announced that all shell/FTP passwords would be reset due to what looks to be a security breach…
Funny Spammers: Any Reproduction of This Document in Part or in Whole is Strictly Prohibited
Spam is nothing new, but a recent site we were reviewing was a bit different. After a bit of analysis, we found a file called…
Better Engagement and Giving Back
Hi folks, we’re really excited about 2012, specifically because of our goal to give back more. This is in line with our core theme, to help…
Ask Sucuri: Why Do I Only Get Malware Warnings on Certain Browsers?
Daniel Cid A few days ago, our scanner alerted that a site had malware related to the Blackhole Exploit Kit. The owner of the site said that…
WordPress 3.3 XSS Vulnerability Patched (3.3.1 Released)
We just learned of a reflected XSS vulnerability in WordPress 3.3 via the comments form (wp-comments.php). It is explained in detail here. The disclosed vulnerability…
Happy New Year From the Sucuri Team
Just a quick message to thank everyone that worked with us during 2011 (clients, partners and friends), and to wish a wonderful 2012 to all…
Blacklist Warnings for Users of the Stream-Video-Player WordPress Plugin
If you are using the plugin stream-video-player, it might be a good idea to disable this plugin for now. The plugin loads a Flash player…
Malware Being Called From Your php.ini File
Is your site infected with malware, and you can’t find it anywhere? It might be a good idea to search outside of your web directory,…
Ask Sucuri: How Long Does It Take For a Site To Be Removed From Google’s Blacklist? – Updated
If you have any questions about malware, blacklisting, or security in general, send it over to us: contact@sucuri.net and we will answer here. For all…